The news comes when midnight has already passed in Europe but the Deadline for the new duties of Donald Trump has not yet expired in the United States. The American president has signed an executive order to impose new measures to the countries with which he closed commercial agreements, confirm those for the countries with which he has made an agreement – including the European Union – and to launch a new blow to Canada with a significant increase in rates.
The new wave of measures ranges from a minimum from 10% to a maximum of 41%, against Syria, but will not come into force today, as expected, but in a week, on August 7th. In addition, the new customs rates on goods sent by ship will not be modified before 5 October 2025.
The first important figure is that, despite the fears in Europe and the lack of unanimity, the agreement entered into by the American president and the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Scotland has held up. In the long list of countries affected by the measures, in fact, the European Union remains with a 15%duty, as established in the bilateral encounter between the two leaders. The one for Japan, 15%, and Great Britain at 10%is also confirmed. Criminal, however, Canada with an increase from 25% to 35%, “in response to the continuous inaction and retaliation of Ottawa”. Switzerland also punished with a firmer than that declared on April 2, 39%. Doug Ford’s prime minister urged the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney not to give in.
The duties for India, 25% and South Korea at 15% are also unchanged. The list published in the evening by the White House is also specified that the goods imported from each nation in the world will be subject to a 10%rate, with the exception of the goods from the 92 countries listed in an attachment, which are subject to higher rates. The highest duty concerns the products from Syria, which will be taxed at 41%. Brazil is still 10%, but a previous order signed by Trump on Thursday afternoon added a further duty of 40% on some goods to punish President Lula, in response to the trial of the former president, Jair Bolsonaro.
In addition to the new rates established for each country, the executive order of Trump also establishes a 40% duty on any goods that the US Customs and Border Protection determines having been “translated” to avoid higher measures elsewhere. This occurs mainly when goods produced in China are shipped to another country and reconfented. In the executive order signed by Donald Trump to impose new duties to dozens of countries range from a minimum of 10% to a maximum of 41% against Syria.
The agreement on the duties between the United States and the European Union reached in Scotland Reggge. In the executive order signed by Donald Trump to impose new rates for dozens of countries, those for the EU remain at 15% as established in the bilateral between the American president and the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. The duties on Great Britain, 10%.
Donald Trump has changed the percentages of some duties compared to the announcement of April 2. From today Switzerland will be affected by a 39%rate, higher than that threatened months ago, while Taiwan by 20%, lower. The duties on Canadian goods rise from 25% to 35%, said the White House in a note, specifying that the new rates will come into force from today. “In response to the continuous inaction and retaliation of Canada, President Trump deemed it necessary to increase the duties on Canada from 25% to 35% to effectively face the current emergency,” said the White House.